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Disability in International Human Rights Law
This book demonstrates the benefits of placing disabled people at the heart of international human rights law. It explores the impact of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the whole field of international human rights law, and studies the relationship between the Convention rights and those protected by other treaties.
| Author(s) | By Gauthier de Beco (Reader in Law, Reader in Law, University of Huddersfield). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 240 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 12 Aug 2021 |
| Availability | Available |
This book demonstrates the benefits of placing disabled people at the heart of international human rights law. It explores the impact of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the whole field of international human rights law, and studies the relationship between the Convention rights and those protected by other treaties.
Introduction 1: Historical Background: Towards a Human Rights Treaty for Disabled People 2: Conceptual Background: Disability in the Field of International Human Rights Law 3: Theoretical Background: The Inclusion of Disabled People 4: Normative Backg
Gauthier de Beco (J.D., KU Leuven; LL.M. University of Nottingham; Ph.D. in Law, University of Louvain) is Reader in Law at the University of Huddersfield, having previously taught at University College London, KU Leuven, and the University of Leeds. He h
